To an American, British words seem strange until you compare them to the American equivalents.
British > American
jab > shot
prawns > shrimp
fringe > bangs
jumper > sweater
The last example is the worst. Without sounding too Seinfeldian, what kind of monsters name an article of clothing after a verb about perspiring?
Alice McFlurry :bc:
npub138…xuxga
2023-01-04 02:46:07 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1383fm86uqshxv4rt9kf73l6huaccndd4mtxfj9y8jpcgd3alm6hshxuxgaSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2023-01-04 02:46:07 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "e7c7d502321d57b8066b49767b791d64ec344256a64cf9ff1e5dbd1ee09a3f27",
"pubkey": "89e29d9f5c042e66546b2d93e8ff57e77189b5b5dacc991487907086c7bfdeaf",
"created_at": 1672800367,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://beige.party/@Alice/109628644860753430",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://beige.party/users/Alice/statuses/109628644860753430",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://beige.party/users/Alice/statuses/109628644860753430",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "To an American, British words seem strange until you compare them to the American equivalents. \n\nBritish \u003e American\njab \u003e shot\nprawns \u003e shrimp\nfringe \u003e bangs\njumper \u003e sweater\n\nThe last example is the worst. Without sounding too Seinfeldian, what kind of monsters name an article of clothing after a verb about perspiring?",
"sig": "f69c56fa963bccbcf40b46ec3c73e2ea7e495f7ba89a2dd647fe604fd7f9f7bc4024ab7307b7bf174945e266395cd59848e699a60fdcc881fc6d07cbabaa8593"
}